Evora S Sports Racer
Discussion
Hi chaps,
Looking for something a bit different for my next car and have been considering a Lotus Evora Sports Racer S. Have always liked these and with a 2 year old son I think they are just about practical enough to be used on the odd occasion for the 3 of us to enjoy (we have a RR sport for practicality). However whilst I've been keeping an eye on classifieds it seems they rarely come up for sale. I'm guessing they didn't make too many given it was the run out model before the 400 came to play. Ideally I'm after a manual one and not white or yellow which narrows it down considerably. Would love Daytona Blue but I'm guessing I could be waiting years for this combination to come along!! Although in no rush TBH.
I see Central Lotus have a Matt Black manual and a white IPS but they are quite a trek from me. How helpful are lotus dealers with regard to trying them? I've never driven an Evora so would be good to try one at some point.
Prices also seem very strong, mid to late forties which is a bad thing if trying to buy but I guess it means resale should be good (sick of losing lots of money on cars!). In fact it means there isn't a huge gulf between the prices of these and an early 400. Would I be better saving for longer and picking up an early 400?
Cheers
Graham
Looking for something a bit different for my next car and have been considering a Lotus Evora Sports Racer S. Have always liked these and with a 2 year old son I think they are just about practical enough to be used on the odd occasion for the 3 of us to enjoy (we have a RR sport for practicality). However whilst I've been keeping an eye on classifieds it seems they rarely come up for sale. I'm guessing they didn't make too many given it was the run out model before the 400 came to play. Ideally I'm after a manual one and not white or yellow which narrows it down considerably. Would love Daytona Blue but I'm guessing I could be waiting years for this combination to come along!! Although in no rush TBH.
I see Central Lotus have a Matt Black manual and a white IPS but they are quite a trek from me. How helpful are lotus dealers with regard to trying them? I've never driven an Evora so would be good to try one at some point.
Prices also seem very strong, mid to late forties which is a bad thing if trying to buy but I guess it means resale should be good (sick of losing lots of money on cars!). In fact it means there isn't a huge gulf between the prices of these and an early 400. Would I be better saving for longer and picking up an early 400?
Cheers
Graham
Edited by ParanoidAndroid on Tuesday 7th August 21:21
Personally I think the mid 40's S1 Evoras are strong money but they do seem to have held at that price for some time now (although how many cars can the same be said of in this weird climate at the minute).
Again, on a personal level I didn't think the Evora 400 was an "improvement" but rather a slightly different car. I preferred the comfier seats of the early car and the less stiff ride. The Evora 400 is certainly more sporty, but I felt that compromised slightly on the GT qualities of the S1 car. If I wanted more sporty I would have gone balls out for an Exige V6. I enjoyed the compromise of the S1 Evora (and moved from an Exige to one), whereas the 400 didn't really fulfil the function I wanted it to. That said, I would be cautious paying just South of 400 money for an S1.
Again, on a personal level I didn't think the Evora 400 was an "improvement" but rather a slightly different car. I preferred the comfier seats of the early car and the less stiff ride. The Evora 400 is certainly more sporty, but I felt that compromised slightly on the GT qualities of the S1 car. If I wanted more sporty I would have gone balls out for an Exige V6. I enjoyed the compromise of the S1 Evora (and moved from an Exige to one), whereas the 400 didn't really fulfil the function I wanted it to. That said, I would be cautious paying just South of 400 money for an S1.
blueg33 said:
I would sell my Daytona blue 2014 S sports racer for the right money, but the right money for me would scare people off 
Daytona is an amazing colur, it gets comments every single day, even from people who have commented before!
Yes yours is stunning. Did you put the 400 front end on?Daytona is an amazing colur, it gets comments every single day, even from people who have commented before!
king iphone - apologies I dont have tim eto turn the pics round at the moment!
ParanoidAndroid said:
Stunning cars. Wasn’t a fan of the original Evora but the Sports Racer is 
The SR (or SR look) is obligatory as far as I am concerned on the Evora. Totally changes the fairly bulbous awkward looks into a very handsome car. One of the first things I did when I bought mine was go and have the SR wrap done.Shnozz said:
The SR (or SR look) is obligatory as far as I am concerned on the Evora. Totally changes the fairly bulbous awkward looks into a very handsome car. One of the first things I did when I bought mine was go and have the SR wrap done.
Completely agree. Had mine in a bodyshop for a full SR paint job within 24 hours of collecting it from the dealer.Went from this..........
........to this.......
3½ years and 35k miles later, the smile still hasn't left my face. Off on a 4000 mile round trip to southern Spain next month -can't wait!
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